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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 555

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Shanghai
1900 (2 June) picture post card (the Bund in winter) to Planany in Czechoslovakia bearing pair of Q.V. 2c. carmine with "K & W" perfin tied by Shanghai code "C" c.d.s. with Planany arrival (10.7) at left; some edge wear. Also 1914 (14 Mar.) opened-out envelope to Seattle "Per First Steamer" bearing K.E.VII 6c. with K.G.V 4c., both with "D & C" perfin tied by double-circle Shanghai c.d.s., the reverse bearing a fine strike of large oval "forwarded by/dodwell & co/foochow." struck in violet. Both are unusual. (2 covers). Photo

Estimate
HK$2,500 to HK$3,500

Starting price
HK$2000